the smashing pumpkins, in a rare show of unity, wish to collectively thank the following souls, in no special order, of course: andy gershon, raymond coffer, mark williams, kevin gasser, joe shanahan, janet billig,
amy finnerty, lauren spencer, vince giannini, bob english, tommy fabjance, laura masura, kerry brown, keith wood, david boyd, devin sarno, anton brookes, mark o'shea, kevin hunter, tom sturges, matt voss,
jeff calder, mr. alan moulder, lisa johnson, steve gullick, gus hoeini, gerri leonard and bernie gudui, ted mankin, kill berliner, triclops, rumbo, soundworks, medicine, catherine, pearl jam, red hot chili peppers, chainsaw kittens, mary my hope, catherine wheel,
zach seville, microwave, design fx, dreamhire, mike clink, mike at southern tracks, and of course, mr butch vig, and to everyone else, we love you too, always and forever.billy wishes to thank the following loved ones - my dearest chris, my crazy family who I love very much - martha corgan, billy corgan src.. penelope andersen, lillian corgan, and my brothers, ricky, jesse and andrew. and to my friends without whose support i would never leave my bed - aneta and andrew sunaitis, matt sweeney, matt quigley, ann linden, yvonne brunner, lisa brolts, elaine sofferman, and a special wink to my friend lillian lavine. this album is dedicated to the loving memory of my grandmother concetta maes.
james would like to thank...my family, bugg, kristen, isao, dan, deron, parker, christina
jimmy chamberlin would like to thank the following people for their doings and undoings. they are in no special order. chamberlin family, ranaté putz, paris hampton, taz bentley, sam kovocevich, louis mathieu, dave navarro, john navarro, paul mrozek, tin jesneck and family, steve isaacs, marcelle dicamillo, aaron preston, tom layton, billy schumacher and family, marina yung, blair, merrideth conway, lenny martini, george werner, kent owens, tavis mclaughlin, ted matichak, brian cooper, rebecca scully and family, joe prino jr., paul saylor, charles levi, matt schultz, kerri randles, dallas and betty taylor and all at exodus, bott timmins, trilby temp and family, david and barb crumbaugh, michael hecker, fred darden, john weisser and all at metro, joey bush and charmian, antoinette katia walker, campbell mevay walker, mark boulos, sergio castro, steve townsend, perry and leslie tulk and family, charlie adams, stuart griffin, eric avery, nial stimson, james scheriff. a special thanks to paul chamberlin whose drumming has been a lifelong inspiration to me.
my love to everyone who has a hand in holding me back from the edge these past couple of years: the band, my family, kerry and all those browns, rebecca, rob, katy, shelly, jim, karen, the luries, benny and the hayes, chris and susie, aneta and andrew, jillian, lisa, marco and joyce, patric tilon (i'm eating as much as i can), magda, red red meat and red haired molly, gary elvis, tin, christen and bobby, and all the bands who so generously shared with us their pain, pleasure and the common cold...love, d'arcy